Contemporary French Culture

Code:

LA005

Acronym:

CFCON

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Cultural Studies

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=2187
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Applied Languages

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	49	Study plan	1	-	6	41	162
LLC	13	Study plan	2	-	6	41	162
		study plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The Contemporary French Culture programme focuses on the 20th century and dawn of the 21st. It sets out to identify, define and relate cultural dynamics and paradigms specific to French society.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students, when contacting with relevant historical and cultural data, should be able to understand the issues and challenges faced by modern-day France.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The program will be developed around the following axes:

1. Introductory reflection on Culture

2. Contemporary France
2.1. Heritage and memory
2.2. Present day challenges

3. A Multicultural France
3.1. Artistic output consequences
3.2. Some cultural today dynamics

4. France in Europe and in the world
4.1. Globalisation challenges
4.2. Francophonies

Mandatory literature

AMSELLE, Jean-Loup ; Vers un Multiculturalisme Français. L’empire de la coutume, Flammarion, 2001
ANDERSON, Perry ; La pensée tiède. Un regard critique sur la culture française, seuil, 2005
Barreau, Jean-Claude Barreau; Liberté, égalité, immigration ?, L'Artilleur, 2016
CERTEAU, Michel de; La Culture au Pluriel, Éditions du seuil, 1993
COMPAGNON, Antoine; Le souci de la grandeur, Denoël, 2008
CROZET; Les grandes questions de la société française, Nathan, 2000
DENIAU, X.; La Francophonie, PUF, 2003
FINKIELKRAUT, Alain; Qu'est-ce que la France?, Stock/Panama, 2007
GOETSCHEL, P. et E. Loyer ; Histoire Culturelle de la France De la Belle Époque à nos jours, Armand Colin, 2001
Murphy, John P. ; Unsettling Stereotypes: Approaches to the French Culture and Society Course, 2015
NADEAU, Jean-Benoît et Julie Barlow; Pas si fous, ces Français! Les français mode d'emploi, Éditions du Seuil, 2005. ISBN: 2-7578-0152-X
NORA, Pierre; Les lieux de mémoire, Gallimard, 1997
OLLIVIER, Bruno (coord.); Les identités cllectives à l'heure de la mondialisation, CNRS Éditions, 2009
PHAN, B.; Colonisations et décolonisations françaises depuis 1850, Armand Colin, 1999
POIRRIER, Philippe; L'État et la Culture en France au XXe siècle, Livre de Poche, 2006
POIRRIER, Philippe; Les politiques de la culture en France, La Documentation Française, 2016
RÉMOND, René ; Le XXe siècle, de 1918 à 1995, Fayard, 1996
SPEAR, Thomas C. et alii; La Culture Française vue d'ici et d'ailleurs, Éditions Karthala, 2002. ISBN: 2-84586-290-3

Complementary Bibliography

José Domingues de Almeida; Lasemaine.fr 2012. ISBN: 978-989-8648-02-0
AUBENAS, Florence; En France. Chroniques, Éditions de l'Olivier, 2014

Comments from the literature

Specific and complementary bibliography will be indicated during the course.

Interesting sites:

www.gouv.fr www.histoiredefrance.net

www.histoire.presse.fr

www.lemonde.fr

www.scienceshumaines.fr

www.tv5.org

http://www.france.fr/

Teaching methods and learning activities

1. Uses of blended learning (using an LMS).
1.1.Synchronous and asynchronous online contact will be encouraged, along with face-to-face contact hours.

2. Theoetical and practical classes.

Software

Plataforma Moodle

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	30,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	30,00
Estudo autónomo	91,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment items: •Test 50% •Assignment: 30% •Participation in class discussions: 10% •Participation in Moodle platform activities: 10% Calculation of final grade: calculation weighted according to the above assessment items.

Nota bene:In order to pass the course unit, the student can not have a grade lower than 9 in the test component and the average of the test and work components should be positive.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

"Students with a special status, namely those covered by the status of Association Manager, Student Athlete, Student Firefighter, Military Student, National Team Athlete, High Performance Sports Practitioner or Student Worker" (Art. 14, point 1 of the Assessment Regulations), with regard to the participation component, cannot ensure face-to-face participation, but must ensure their regular participation in the tasks proposed on the Moodle platform (20%).

Classification improvement

1.Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.
2. The assessment component to be considered for the purpose of improving the classification should be the test.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese 

The assessment component to be 
considered for appeal purposes should be the test.